Abstract

Passive Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) is an emerging technology allowing the automatic identification of passive devices, called tags, when interrogated by RFID readers. Thanks to its reasonable cost and its ease of use, RFID is more and more adopted in many contexts, including robotics, where it is used as supplementary support for navigation and localization of robots. Indeed, when an RFID reader placed on the robot reads a tag marking a certain map point, specific algorithms can be used to estimate tag and/or robot position. Nevertheless, in most literature, commercial RFID devices, not specifically thought for robotic applications, are adopted, with consequent strong impact on overall system performance and robustness. In this paper, customized RFID reader antennas and platform-robust tags are designed and realized according to several requirements specifically individuated for the addressed application. Moreover, the new hardware has been tested on two practical cases related to tag and robot indoor localization, respectively. In spite of the use of rough-and-ready algorithms, the obtained results are impressive and demonstrate the goodness of the proposed solution.

Autore Pugliese

• Tarricone Luciano , Catarinucci Luca

Tutti gli autori

• L. Catarinucci , S. Tedesco , L. Tarricone

Titolo volume/Rivista

IEEE SENSORS JOURNAL

Anno di pubblicazione

2013

ISSN

1530-437X

ISBN

Non Disponibile

Numero di citazioni Wos

22

Ultimo Aggiornamento Citazioni

28/04/2018

Numero di citazioni Scopus

24

Ultimo Aggiornamento Citazioni

28/04/2018

Settori ERC

Non Disponibile

Codici ASJC

Non Disponibile